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Abstract:

A collection of readings on contemporary youth cultures and youth music. It covers topics from Rave to Disco and House to Northern Soul. It helps to distinguish 'popular cultural studies' from some aspects of the theoretical work of 'contemporary cultural studies'.Read more...

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"An excellent, wide-ranging and thought-provoking collection. It genuinely breaks new ground, is much more up to date than anything else in the field, and strikes a very good balance between descriptive and theoretical material. The case studies are fascinating and sophisticated." Dr John Jervis, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kent at Canterbury "From Punk to the politics of space in the record store, to football, popular music and democratisation, this collection of writings provides a space within which the function of popular culture can be rethought." Sophie Taysom, Social AlternativesRead more...